INDIANAPOLIS -- State Senate candidate Pat McQuade proposed legislation for her first day in office that calls for full-day kindergarten, health insurance for all and a higher minimum wage. McQuade's bills also would include term limits for lawmakers and automatic suspension of the gasoline sales tax when prices hit $3 per gallon. She said her agenda reflects campaign conversations she's had throughout Senate District 11, which covers northeast St. Joseph County and adjacent Elkhart County precincts. She hopes to unseat incumbent Sen. Joe Zakas, R-Granger. "If I get the opportunity to serve as state senator," McQuade said, "I am going to hit the ground running. I will be a voice of reason and a voice of progress." McQuade said comprehensive health care reform will require significant debate. But she said draft legislation that models some of the best plans from other states can at least launch that conversation. "We need to be looking at what form of hybrid (legislation) would best suit Hoosiers," she said. McQuade proposed a state minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, a 40 percent increase over the $5.15 per hour federal standard that Indiana observes. She described her proposed wage as a "target" that would raise living standards for the working poor, but acknowledged that any increase will be hard to achieve. McQuade said state lawmakers should serve no more than 12 years -- three terms for senators and six terms for representatives. "The (reason) is trying to give the voters new, fresh legislators, different perspectives," she said. She also said lawmakers should not receive more generous pension or health care benefits than most people have. Her proposed legislation would eliminate a program that pays $4 into lawmakers' pension accounts for each $1 they contribute.